An interim summary of the Foundation for the Future conference convened in February 2025 at the House of Lords and Civitas HQ. The conference was an opportunity for the all-too-often-silenced voice of mothers to be heard. It was a chance to explore the valuable role parents play in society when they care for and raise the next generation.

This past week, 21st February, the Duchess visited Denmark —reported to have the world’s happiest children — looking to learn from their approach to early childhood.

In one aspect of parenting the Danish are less free than us. We wrote a joint letter MAHM wrote a letter to the Duchess together with our sister organisations in Sweden (Haro) and Denmark (HJEM) and a Danish professor for Early Childhood (Ole Henrik Hansen) to raise the situation, as we understand it, of the challenges faced by mothers wishing to be home.